Example sentences of "better than [verb] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like nothing better than to spend the night with you . ’ |
| 2 | It 's better than getting a locum in — they cost the earth and sometimes do more harm than good . |
| 3 | A director of the Land and Timber Services , Dr Alastair Frazer , is quoted as saying that : " getting some return of their debt from sustainable forestry is better than getting no return at all " . |
| 4 | Of course now it 's warm enough to start getting out in the garden , what could be better than to take a selection of water toys to play with in the paddling pool outside ? |
| 5 | It must surely be better than renting an apartment in a noisy holiday complex . ’ |
| 6 | it 's better than throwing a lot of stuff away . |
| 7 | This is fundamentally better than depriving the child of a right to live . |
| 8 | ‘ He was a student at the university : they were to be married until she decided a career on the stage suited her better than becoming the wife of a Hapsburg cavalry officer . |
| 9 | He accused some ( unnamed ) Arab states of undermining Arab interests and security on behalf of the USA and warned that Iraq " will not forget the saying that cutting necks is better than cutting the means of living " . |
| 10 | Well it 's better than spending a lot of money |
| 11 | Sure , anything is better than manhandling the sledges through waist-deep snow . |